Jacques Boyreau, editor and cultural historian of the book Portable Grindhouse: The Lost Art of the VHS Box, a celebration of some of the most louche, decadent, minimo-pervo artwork to ever grace a VHS box. Boyreau will be signing, and showing footage from Portable Grindhouse films, at our table on Friday, March 4th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm.

Megan Kelso, Ignatz Award-winning artist who has returned to Seattle after a period in New York, where she published a weekly comic strip in The New York Times magazine. Kelso will be signing copies of her acclaimed novel Artichoke Tales, and other titles, on Sunday, March 6th from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.

Performers include:Can You Imagine?: featuring Peter Bagge, and legendary local producer/musician Steve FiskThe Rheas: fronted by Eric Reynolds, Associate Publisher at FantagraphicsMatthew Southworth: frontman for The Capillaries, and co-creator of the comic Stumptown

DJ'ing between sets will be DJ Janice, aka Janice Headley, Events Coordinator/Publicist for Fantagraphics (and Programming Assistant at Seattle radio station KEXP).

Con Artists: Emerald City Comic-Con AfterpartySponsored by Fantagraphics Books & Top Shelf ProductionsSaturday, March 5th, 2011 at 9:00 pmJewel Box Theater at The Rendezvous2322 2nd Avenue in BelltownAdmission $5 (General Public)FREE with Emerald City Comic-Con badge21 and over with ID